Guy Fieri News

Dallas' Starship Bagel breaks silence on Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives

Guy Fieri and Oren Salomon

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A Dallas bagel shop has revealed that it will be featured on Food Network show Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives. Starship Bagel, the artisan bagel shop with three locations in the Dallas area, will appear in the series starring charismatic host Guy Fieri in an episode called “All Kinds of Cookin'," which will debut on June 6 at 8 pm.

According to a post from Starship Bagel owner and founder Oren Salomon, having Guy Fieri and crew visit was "an incredible experience" that "totally changed his life."

"I can’t share details about the episode, so if you have any questions about what Guy ate or what we talked about, you’ll have to watch the episode and find out," Salomon said. "What I am happy to share is that this was an incredible experience for our team. The DDD crew is like none other and we had a blast being a TV set for two days. To bring a national TV crew to Lewisville, Texas will forever rank as one of my proudest achievements."

Starship was one of seven restaurants that Fieri and his DD&D crew visited in December 2024, when they taped segments for future episodes such as this.

Food Network does not disclose the names of the restaurants that appear on its shows in advance, nor does it allow restaurants to reveal their participation without approval. But Salomon says he was given permission by Food Network to confirm it was true.

He said that "Guy's larger-than-life personality filled the bagel shop as soon as he arrived."

"Guy was very much himself in person. The character you see on TV is exactly the human I got to enjoy hosting and serving," he said.

Salomon had some early jitters, fearful he wouldn’t know what to say during the filming, or worse, just freeze.

"Thankfully Guy’s easygoing demeanor and engaging conversational style made all that anxiety melt away instantly," Salomon said. "He was the easiest person in the world to talk to and set me up perfectly for many bits. I’d say that we had instant chemistry but this would be stealing credit from the entertainment mastery of Guy Fieri."

Salomon applauded Fieri and his team for their dedication to making a difference in the lives of chefs and restaurant workers, and thanked his own team, family members, and the support from the communities surrounding Lewisville, downtown Dallas, and North Dallas, where Starship's three stores are located.

"Thank you and please tune in June 6 at 8 pm only on Food Network!" he said.

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Book News

Barnes & Noble to open 2 new Dallas-area stores but will close Plano

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Barnes & Noble, new look.

There's good news and bad on the bookstore front: Two new locations of bookstore chain Barnes & Noble are opening in the Dallas area, one soon and one very soon, but a third is closing this week.

Closing
The store in Plano at 801 W. 15th St. is closing on Sunday, June 15. According to a company representative, the Plano store is an older, larger store model that the chain is turning away from, in favor of a new smaller model it's embracing for all new stores.

It also has three other locations within close proximity: West Plano, Allen, and Richardson.

Other DFW stores that still have that similar larger/older floorplan include Preston & Park in Plano; Prestonwood Center in North Dallas, and Lincoln Park in Dallas across from Northpark Center.

Opening
There are two new stores opening in summer/fall:

Rockwall, at 1009 E I-30, will open in late summer.
Prosper, at 1191 Gates Pkwy., in the newly developed Gates of Prosper, will open in the fall.

According to a spokesperson, the new Rockwall store will follow the chain's new design seen in their most recent store openings, featuring "all the best books, toys, games, vinyl, and gifts our customers have come to expect." It will also house a B&N Café.

The store is approximately 20,000 square feet and will be located in the space formerly occupied by Staples, which closed in January 2025.

The store in Prosper will be nearly 20,000 square feet and is anticipated to feature the same model and selection as the Rockwall store, including a B&N Café.

In August 2019, Barnes & Noble was acquired by Elliott Advisors (UK) and taken private. Elliott’s acquisition of Barnes & Noble followed its June 2018 acquisition of Waterstones, the largest bookseller in the U.K.

Barnes & Noble is experiencing a period of growth, the result of a strategy to hand over control of each bookstore to its manager. They're enjoying strong sales and have opened many new stores after 15-plus years of declining store numbers. In 2022, they opened more new bookstores in a single year than in the entire decade from 2009 to 2019.

They've continued to open more locations, including three in the DFW area in 2024: a store in Allen as well as stores in Flower Mound and Richardson — part of a wave of store openings that show the chain in the midst of a major comeback.

Barnes & Noble, Inc. is the largest retail bookseller in the United States. The company has more than 630 bookstores across the U.S., as well as its online bookstore at bn.com, the Nook Digital business which offers both e-books and an audio book subscriptions service, the SparkNotes educational service, stationery and gift retailer Paper Source, and the publisher Union Square & Co.

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